The other day a friend sent me a text lamenting that she just doesn't feel that she is doing enough, the implication being that she doesn't help people as much as she "should". Safe to say this isn't an unknown feeling to any of us. It's part of the human guilt condition that most of us feel! And, if we aren't concerned about helping others, then maybe we should feel a little guilty about that.
But this doing for others isn't just something we "should" do. It is also something we "want" to do, something we "need" to do to help us feel whole and human. It a soul call, a call to be our best human self. When we feel guilty maybe we "should" pay attention to the guilt for a short time, and do what we know we need to do so that it doesn't linger. Helping someone is a great antidote to guilt.
But this doing for others isn't just something we "should" do. It is also something we "want" to do, something we "need" to do to help us feel whole and human. It a soul call, a call to be our best human self. When we feel guilty maybe we "should" pay attention to the guilt for a short time, and do what we know we need to do so that it doesn't linger. Helping someone is a great antidote to guilt.